What bolstered both elements of this story was the stunning art by Phil Noto. Both the style and tone of the art and colors played into the reveal perfectly. There are moments that are hauntingly beautiful in this issue and this made me go back and re-read the entire arc again. Well done. Read Full Review

Soule closes a chapter in the life of Matt Murdock and we'll have to wait a few months to see what's next but this is a beautiful comic that feels like a fitting tribute to Daredevil and personal in a way too. The team is given us a hell of a chapter that's hard to not choke up a little as the final pages are read. “Death” of heroes seems to happen every week in comics, and never permanent, but when the story is this good, who really cares. Read Full Review

An ending to be celebrated, both by the quality of this last issue and by the doors it keeps open going forward, "Daredevil" #612 celebrates the losses and victories of Matt Murdock and how both of them push the hero forward. Read Full Review

There is a lot that can be said regarding Charles Soule's run on Daredevil and the same goes for his final issue. His stamp will be one that will no doubt linger for some time and his ending opens up as much discussion as it closes. Soule took a lot of bold steps and within that boldness, you will find great success and occasional failure. Even within that failure, Soule found something of merit and because of that, he is leaving the character in just as good of a place as he found it. Read Full Review

For a story that had a tough job at making some kind of finality and last statement on the character in a really short amount of time, Soule did an excellent job pulling the rug out from underneath readers at the last minute. Read Full Review

In the end, Daredevil feels most at home in a courtroom and, more broadly, in New York, and Soule found a way to put Daredevil back in both. Read Full Review

This arc has been a stellar reflection on what Daredevil has gone through in the last three years, but a somewhat lackluster one when asked to stand on its own two feet. Read Full Review

Daredevil #612 delivered a twist ending that subverted the expectations for a story called "The Death of Daredevil." A lot could've gone wrong that would've made Daredevil #612 a lackluster ending. Instead what we got was a conclusion that was a mixed bag. Charles Soule did an effective job showcasing the mortality of Matt Murdock. Unfortunately Soule also slipped up on the execution on several plot points the twist ended up affecting negatively. In the end these positives and negatives ended up canceling each other out, making "The Death of Daredevil" an odd note for Soule to end his run on. Read Full Review

Matt Murdock maybe dead (probably not) but if Daredevil #612 was his big sendoff then it is not a very good way to go for such a great hero. It is not the worst issue ever but with such a high mark to hit Daredevil #612 doesn't come close to the board. Read Full Review

With the final issue of the Death of Daredevil, Charles Soule wraps his run on Daredevil not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with a cheat " a cheat that, despite a handful of poignant moments, isn't enough to not retroactively sink his final arc. Read Full Review

We all knew it was Matt's dream, but it's still impactful because of Daredevil's fearlessness in facing his life and all its difficulties. Where the easy answers given in this issue and what Matt truly wants just don't exist and really can't. Even when he's presented with the opportunity to be with Karen Page and finally rest. There are moments sprinkled throughout comics that define characters and I think this is one of those moments for Daredevil. Whatever MacKay and Zdarsky do after this, Soule indelibly left his mark on the character and deserves a ton of credit for that because Daredevil has become one of the series that is expected to always have top tier creators on it. The competition is tough, but Soule managed to do something great. more

Wow. Did not see that coming

I liked this a lot! Really good ending. I’m going to call it powerful, mock me if you will.

Well, there you have it. Soule's run comes to a close, and I have some thoughts.

Firstly, while the ending wasn't terrible, it was much weaker than this run deserved. The whole "it was all in his head" shtick is really hard to do well, and I don't think it was done particularly well here. It took a lot of the meaning out of the final arc, and what wasn't all that interesting of a story in the last arc became mostly pointless when it was revealed that none of it even happened.

Secondly, I appreciated that Soule FINALLY referenced the Slugansky verdict again and had some superheroes testifying in court (even though, again, it never actually happened), and it was nice to see Blindspot again (even if it was just a single panel). These nods to Soule's work earlier in his run were nice reminders of the high points of his work on Daredevil, but sadly they were too little and too late. I wanted the Slugansky verdict to really open things up and introduce some interesting storyline and plot points, but that never happened. And Blindspot, as cool a character as he was, was done kinda dirty in how he sort of just fizzled out of existence. These were aspects of Soule's run that were SO promising, but they didn't have as much payoff as they should have.

It's disappointing that what was shaping up to be my favourite Daredevil run ended in such mediocre fashion. The first half of this run was legitimately some of the BEST stuff I have ever read. I wish Soule could've finished as strong as he started, but even after a lackluster ending, I will still remember his run fondly. Blindspot was an awesome character and provided some great moments throughout the first half. Muse was one of the coolest new villains Marvel comics has seen in a long, long time, and I hope to God that a future writer brings him back somehow. The Slugansky case and all the courtroom drama early on was riveting and gave us some brilliant legal "action" that not many writers focus on when writing Daredevil, and I appreciated Soule's legal expertise.

While it was far from perfect, it was quite good overall, so thank you Charles, and bravo. (My rating is for the series as a whole) more

Art: 4/5
Story: 4.5/5
Total: 8.5/10

Daredevil experiences a giant, all-points win, but the final act (unmasking the Vigil) forces him to realize he's been in a coma dream since #609. And so he dies - for about a half a second. The victory lap and the credo at the end come close to excusing this arc's extremely indulgent plot. This is definitely good. It's even fairly satisfying. But it could have, should have been great, and it isn't quite that.

Saw that coming, mostly because I read the short series Man Without Fear before this, but it justifies the surreal quality of the last couple issue. I mainly like the ending.

The ending wasn't much of a shock, since the obvious question was why did this arc open with Daredevil being critically wounded? He made an amazingly quick recovery, so why bother with that shooting, unless...?

Underwhelming with a stupid “twist”

Phil Noto's artwork on these last few issues looks rushed and amateur. Daredevil looks like an out of shape cosplayer.